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233mhz • today at 9:52 AM • 5 replies • view on HN

CO2 capture is obvious greenwashing, just like electric personal cars. They're here to save industries, not the planet, I don't think anyone half serious believes anything other than that


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hnmullany • today at 11:16 AM

Yes on CO2 capture, but electric personal cars are substantially lower emissions than internal combustion cars. Anyone saying something different is pushing fossil propaganda - that is just not a fact-based argument.

Yes, getting everyone onto electrified public transport + scooters is better - but EVs do provide meaningful emissions reduction.

bebimbop • today at 10:24 AM

Maybe, but cement manufacturing by itself is responsible for a staggering 8% of global co2 emissions. And we really don't have a viable option for replacing cement, and probably won't for a long time. Capturing and removing that co2 has a meaningful impact. Even if CCS were limited to just that one industry.

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hvb2 • today at 9:57 AM

You could apply it to existing power plants for example. I could see a use there.

But don't use it as a justification for a new coal plant saying it's zero carbon now....

KellyCriterion • today at 10:01 AM

with fusion you would have enough energy to do it?

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kulahan • today at 10:01 AM

It’s pretty easy to see how electric personal cars make a difference even if the initial vehicle manufacturing process is indeed dirtier, and plenty of serious people consider them a part of the solution. CO2 capture also isn’t greenwashing, it’s just handwaving away problems with the idea that tech will somehow save us, which is also true for like… every single solution to this problem we’ve considered.

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